In any case, I could not put the book down. I flew through the thousand pages without a sweat. It’s amazing to me how on the one hand, some 120-page amateur screenplays require monumental acts of willpower to get through them and yet, on the other hand, there are giant, thousand-page books that are hopelessly addictive. Why is that?We think the Atlas Shrugged producers obviously missed this one.
What is it about one story that makes it addictive and another one arduous? How can a writer hold a reader’s attention so intensely for so many pages?
While I didn’t agree with every idea advocated in the book, I’m not here to impose my own political or philosophical ideas. I’m here to talk about the craft of writing, and I must admit, there were some fabulous approaches to the art of storytelling that are worth mentioning. [Who is John Galt?]
Over at the The Story Department an anonymous writer "Mystery Man" elucidates on "8 Effective Writing Approaches in Atlas Shrugged":